Social science / Media Studies

English for International Journalists

by Mike Gandon & Heather Purdey

English for International Journalists is a clear and engaging step-by-step guide for non-native speakers using English in journalism across all forms of media. In-depth language analysis is provided in the specialised...

Global Entertainment Media: Between Cultural Imperialism and Cultural Globalization

by Tanner Mirrlees

A critical cultural materialist introduction to the study of global entertainment media.

In Global Entertainment Media, Tanner Mirrlees undertakes an analysis of the ownership, production, distribution, marketing,...

The Social Media Industries

by Alan B. Albarran

This volume examines how social media is evolving as an industry-it is an extension of traditional media industries, yet it is distinctly different in its nature and ability to build relationships among users....

Journalism Studies: The Basics

by Martin Conboy

Journalism Studies: The Basics provides an introductory overview of the emerging field of Journalism Studies, discussing key issues and contemporary debates. Drawing on Conboy's extensive experience in the field,...

Latin American Identity in Online Cultural Production

by Claire Taylor & Thea Pitman

This volume provides an innovative and timely approach to a fast growing, yet still under-studied field in Latin American cultural production: digital online culture. It focuses on the transformations or continuations...

Sociology of the Visual Sphere

by Regev Nathansohn & Dennis Zuev

This collection of original articles deals with two intertwined general questions: what is the visual sphere, and what are the means by which we can study it sociologically? These questions serve as the logic...

Cinema and Language Loss: Visions of Displacement

by Tijana Mamula

Cinema and Language Loss provides the first sustained exploration of the relationship between linguistic displacement and visuality in the filmic realm, examining in depth both its formal expressions and theoretical...

Principles of American Journalism: An Introduction

by Stephanie Craft & Charles N. Davis

In a rapidly changing media landscape, what becomes of journalism? Designed to engage, inspire and challenge students while laying out the fundamental principles of the craft, Principles of American Journalism...

Reporting from the Bridge

by Aydogan Vatandas

In this series of fifteen essays with leading figures in the journalism and publishing fields, Aydogan Vatandas brings his unique investigative approach and perspective as a journalistic bridge-builder to explore...

The Business of Sports: A Primer for Journalists

by Mark Conrad

This book explores the business aspect of sports with an orientation to those topics that are most relevant to journalists, providing the foundation for understanding the various parts of the sports business....

A Companion to Media Authorship

by Jonathan Gray & Derek Johnson

A Companion to Media Authorship offers 28 groundbreaking chapters which investigate the practices, attributions, and meanings of authorship. Revitalizing the study within media and cultural studies, this diverse...

Mass Media and Modern Warfare: Reporting on the Russian War on Terrorism

by Greg Simons

Greg Simons tackles the complicated yet essential role of mass media in society. Taking the Global War on Terror as a prime example, the author adopts a multidisciplinary approach to analyze the various facets...

Mapping the European Public Sphere: Institutions, Media and Civil Society

by Cristiano Bee & Emanuela Bozzini

Combining theoretical and empirical perspectives, this book examines three relevant issues that are marking the European communicative landscape: the role of media and journalism in shaping the European debate,...

Media, Religion and Conflict

by Lee Marsden & Heather Savigny

Responding to the current political climate of increased Islamist militancy, the growing influence of the Christian Right on US foreign policy and George Bush's war on terror, Media, Religion and Conflict offers...

Political Communication in European Parliamentary Elections

by Michaela Maier & Jesper Stromback

Written by a leading team of internationally-distinguished political communication scholars, this book offers the most comprehensive account on comparative political communication research in the context of...

Culture and External Relations: Europe and Beyond

by Jozef Bátora & Monika Mokre

While the importance of culture has been on the rise in the realm of foreign affairs, its role in this field remains one of the most under-studied aspects of state policy. In this book, a range of international...

Justice Provocateur: Jane Tennison and Policing in Prime Suspect

by Gray Cavender & Nancy C. Jurik

Justice Provocateur focuses on Prime Suspect, a popular British television film series starring Oscar and Emmy award-winning actress Helen Mirren as fictional London policewoman Jane Tennison. Gray Cavender...

Contracting Out Hollywood: Runaway Productions and Foreign Location Shooting

by Greg Elmer & Mike Gasher

Contracting Out Hollywood addresses the American trend of 'runaway productions'_the growing practice of producing American films and television programs on foreign shores. Greg Elmer and Mike Gasher have gathered...

Presidential Campaigns and Presidential Accountability

by Michele P. Claibourn

In investigating the presidential campaigns and early administrations of Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton, Presidential Campaigns and Presidential Accountability shows how campaign promises are...

Generational Use of New Media

by Eugène Loos & Leslie Haddon

Thematically organised and offering comparative analyses of the generational use of new media and technology, this timely volume presents the latest research and rich new empirical material gathered in the EU,...